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Nimbuzz: the name behind a popular VoIP and IM client
Nimbuzz, has announced of a $15 million raise in the second round of funding. Naspers/MIH led the first round and Nimbuzz's other major existing investor, Mangrove Capital Partners are in. The new ‘money’ will be used to further develop Nimbuzz's product offering into the "most comprehensive and user friendly application for the widest range of handsets, across multiple IM and Social Network communities and in any country."Commenting on the announcement, Nimbuzz's founder and CEO Evert Jaap Lugt said: "We are actively working on strategic distribution deals with leading social networks and mobile operators. It is our aim to blend our technology with existing mobile internet access to upgrade the value chain for business and consumers alike. Operators…
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SMS text messaging, you mean the Email thing?
A new & absolutely amazing research has shown that SMS text messaging isn't used oftenly by Americans. Sure, there have been counless number of SMS text messages sent over the years, but per “Head” there is a very small number. According to this survey, it wouldn't translate very well. Researchers at Ipsos MediaCT found that SMS text messaging was either used by a mobile subscriber on a recurring basis, or almost not at all. In the US, 82% of respondents indicated that they had never used the text messaging feature on their mobile phone. A full 3% indicated that they had used text messaging on, at most, a monthly basis, while 15% used text messaging "every week or more." Apparently, US mobile subscribers using SMS text messaging do so frequently and regularly…
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Visions of the new BlackBerry Thunder...
New images shows an apparently reworked media player for Research in Motion's first touch-screen handset. All images indicate an interface that is heavily based on the current BlackBerry system but includes an iPhone style category picker for music, video, recording, and other features, but also has a more visual album browser and a full-screen video player than last Black model. The Thunder will also reportedly have access to a carrier-supplied music store that will help the new BlackBerry compete against the iPhone, although the nature of the store is unknown; Verizon is rumored to be the exclusive provider for the Thunder and would use its V CAST music store in such a case. No further information has been supplied regarding the phone, though multiple past rumors have…
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Mobile coupons rules!
I would never imagine that this is gonna be the next big thing to hit the mobile scene. & im talking about the mobile coupon. Cellfire is in the forefront of this rapidly expanding mobile market. Cellfire, the mobile coupon and discount offer service a little while ago introduced Cellfire 3.0, which is apparently even more powerful than before. Here are a few things… Rich User Experience - filtering offers by category for easier finding of an appropriate deal; Seamless web-phone integration - you can browse, sort, and select Cellfire offers both online and using your mobile phone. Any changes made are simultaneously reflected across both platforms; Clip 2 Mobile Offer Discovery and Capture - allows users to discover mobile coupons featured by Cellfire advertisers within…
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All Vodafone units for convergence
Vodafone has joined with its sister companies to rebrand under a single trading name. The new brand is called Abzorb, sees the Bradford-based business combine Vocal with B2B dealer Protocall, fixed-line reseller Vitel Systems and IT infrastructure provider Vitel Networks. Protocall is a direct Vodafone, O2 and Orange B2B dealer. Vitel Systems is a BT licencee, selling fixed-line, broadband and VoIP solutions. Abzorb managing director Mike Walsh (pictured) said the combined business will quadruple its turnover in the next five years. It is tracking to post ?9 million turnover this year following the merger, compared with ?6 million last year. Walsh expects the figure to jump to ?20-?30 million by 2013. "The business is on a very solid financial platform and we don't…
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Philips X800 is not as thin as you may think
Philips latest full touch Xenium X800 making its way to the headlines very easily. Philips Xenium X800 features tri-band GSM/GPRS support and a 2.9-inch 262K color TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels, not bad at all. It also flaunts a 2 megapixel auto focus camera, a microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth, an office documents reader & ct. About it’s performance well; it sure has the sleek-looking mobile & we are very happy with the touch-screen sensitivity and the responsiveness of the device. The 1250 mAh battery is also quoted as being quite a performer - and it should be, as the manufacturer promises up to 850 hours of standby time and up to 8 hours of talk-time. We are yet to see when the Philips X800 will hit the market and at what price but the initial…
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The Hole Phone
A new mobile concept designed by a student Chi Shing Lo as part of Orange’s D&AD Student Awards at De Montfort University. This amazing design replaces the camera-phone view-finder with a simple: Hole. Using it to hang the phone on a charger when its low on juice, or needs to upload shots to a PC. Shunning fiddly cables, troublesome camera menus and making use of the phone’s shape to solve the problem of shooting a quick snap, the design set our minds racing instantly. There’s no word on whether it’ll go into production, but we love the idea of induction charging just by hanging the handset on a “power-peg,” as well as peeping through the spy-hole to snap photos of our friends. Congratulations to Chi Shing Lo on his wonderful work…
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Does text message can be part of a theatrical performance?
Well, while texting has become a daily part of life - now your text message can be part of a theatrical performance, just send your text messages to 143text@gmail.com and Unprotected Text will analyze your text messages and then perform them on Youtube for everyone to enjoy (?). Many text messages will make it into thier live performances all over NYC in next April, explanation please! "Unprotected Text is an Episodic Textual Adventure and sociological study exploring the integration of social interfaces with our daily lives. A research period will culminate in a series of performative public interventions, reclaiming the isolation that is a by-product of advanced virtual communication practices. Unprotected Text is a response to how text messaging affects our…
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Java flip-phone 9:
The company named Willcom unveiled Willcom 9 handset at a press conference in Japan, being the company's first phone that integrates Internet and email applications accessible via dedicated shortcut buttons that jump to Google search and Gmail respectively. The flip-phone features a 2-inch, 320x240-pixel resolution LCD screen with 262K colors, and uses Willcom's proprietary W-SIM card. Manufactured by KES, this phone has a 1.3-megapixel water-resistant camera to capture images, which it can then store on its embedded 16MB of memory. The software works with the camera to read QR codes. Another 4MB of internal memory is dedicated to e-mail, with that same amount reserved for Java applications, and there is no memory card slot. The Willcom 9 will be available for purchase…
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The European Union cutting prices.
Price of using data on cell devices while abroad, will always includes access to the internet. There was an obvious failure by the companies to reach an agreement that may see legislation that would force them to change the way charging their customers. Details of whether or not a deal has been reached are due later. EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding is not expecting the firms to have agreed to sufficiently lower their roaming charges. Lately the European Commission unveiled plans to lower the cost of mobile phone calls by reducing the fees operators charge each other for using their networks. Europe's telecoms watchdog published guidelines for laws to harmonise call termination fees across the EU by 2011. Currently, 27 national authorities regulate fees charged…
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